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Ergonomic Evaluation of Convenient Appliances for Elderly Driver's Ingress/Egress

고령자 승/하강 편의장치에 대한 효과 검증 및 개선방향 연구

  • 박우철 (현대자동차 인간공학연구팀) ;
  • 양영선 (현대자동차 인간공학연구팀) ;
  • 장치환 (현대자동차 인간공학연구팀) ;
  • 안대진 (현대자동차 인간공학연구팀) ;
  • 임성현 (현대자동차 인간공학연구팀)
  • Received : 2010.02.02
  • Accepted : 2010.02.12
  • Published : 2010.02.28
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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to study the usability of the ingress/egress of elderly people, and analyze the physiological workload electromyography (EMG). We investigated the factors of discomfort while the elderly people are using the ingress/egress. Experiments were performed using a seating buck with 22 elderly participants (over 65 years old). The results showed that different muscles are activated during ingress and egress. A system called "easy access" was found which helps to access easily when a driver gets into a car. The current easy access was compared a newly proposed one. It was found that elderly people use less muscle during in/egress in the new easy access system.

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